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Figure of speech
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Noun(64 words)
figuredeviceimageregressionimageryemphasissimilitudeanalogyhyperbolesimileembellishmentinversionmalapropismcircumlocutionsarcasmantithesistropeparenthesisoxymoronexclamation
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embroideryapostrophepersonificationluxurianceeuphuismspoonerismmetonymysynecdocheallusiononomatopoeiaadornmentalliterationornamentationpleonasmprolepsiscatachresisfloridityperiphrasisanaphoraantonomasiafloridnesslitotesgeminationpreteritionlushnessmeiosisanacoluthonaposiopesishypallageflowerinessantiphrasisanastrophechiasmushyperbatonaporiaecphonesiszeugmaapophasissyllepsiselegant variationanadiplosispurple patchessymploceparegmenon
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